At the weekend I presented at JALT 2024 International Conference in Shizuoka and it was really enjoyable although overwhelming, due to a bit of personal news. I met new colleagues though, and people that I enjoy meeting that I don’t get to see often enough.
Anyway, on Sunday at six o’ clock, when anybody sensible who teaches first period on a Monday was wedged on a sofa with a cup of tea winding down mentally, I was presenting about the duoethnography assignments that I’ve been setting for first-year undergraduate students over the last three years.
Basically, duoethnography boosts students capability to deal with various types of information (multiliteracies in a nutshell), and necessitates dialogue through the method itself, thus increasing communication, Additionally, choosing topics that students care about or find relevant to their lives should be intrinsically motivating and result in very high quality work.
Here are the slides.